Language death and language maintenance : theoretical, practical, and descriptive approaches /

Language death and language maintenance : theoretical, practical, and descriptive approaches /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 240 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 240.
Subject:	Language obsolescence -- Congresses. Language attrition -- Congresses. Language maintenance -- Congresses. Language attrition. Language maintenance. Language obsolescence. Conference papers and proceedings. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11122730

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Other authors / contributors:	Janse, Mark, 1959- Tol, Sijmen. Linguistic Bibliography and the Languages of the World (2000 : Hague, Netherlands)
ISBN:	9789027275295 9027275297 1283312107 9781283312103 1588113825 9781588113825 9027247528 9789027247520 9786613312105 661331210X
Notes:	"The present collection of papers derives from a symposium "Linguistic Bibliography and the Languages of the World", held on November 2-3, 2000 at the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) ..."--Preface. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Languages are dying at an alarming rate all over the world. Estimates range from 50% to as much as 90% by the end of the century. This collection of original papers tries to strike a balance between theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches to language death and language maintenance. It provides overviews of language endangerment in Africa, Eurasia, and the Greater Pacific Area. It also presents case studies of endangered languages from various language families. These descriptive case studies not only provide data on the degree of endangerment and the causes of language death, but also provide a general sociolinguistic and typological characterization the language(s) under discussion and the prospects of language maintenance (if any). The volume will be of interest to all those concerned with the ongoing extinction of the world's linguistic diversity.
Other form:	Print version: Language death and language maintenance. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2003 1588113825